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The Bread Tree The European Chestnut may not be the obvious tree for an Italian garden as it is common in gardens across northern Europe in far milder climates. However, the chestnut tree can stake a claim to a large slice of Italian history both cultural and culinary. The chestnut tree is …
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Design an Italian garden for making compost, don’t just make compost for your garden! Compost is still a rather taboo subject in Italian gardens – the sight and the smell of a standard compost lump is something that gardeners in Italy have yet to comprehend. In most countries gardeners have …
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When the type of soil has been established in your Italian garden you can begin considering which style your Italian garden should adopt. In recent years organic gardening has established itself as the intelligent solution for the modern garden across the world, as it provides a healthy green …
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Making the perfect English lawn in Italy For centuries the standard garden has been represented by the presence of a few trees, packed flower beds and a bright green lawn. With the onset of expensive irrigation systems, fertilizers and various chemical potions during the 1970’s the creation of a …
What does Gardening in Italy Involve? How do Italians perceive gardening?, How do Italians design their gardens? or Is gardening important to the Italians? These are just a few of the questions that I am constantly asked as a garden designer, living here in Italy, by my contacts back home in …
What is a Tuscan Style Garden? Italian gardens and the Italian style of gardeninghave become very popular in recent years, however, it is really the Tuscan style garden that has created the most interest amongst foreign homebuyers. A rustic harmony with nature, a mixture of Renaissance classicism …
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The right and the wrong way to prune lavender in Italy Lavender has to be one of the most misunderstood plants in the Mediterranean plant list, in my opinion. The various tones of violet and blue flowers that the 25 varieties of lavender offer the garden designer in Italy an amazing choice. The …
What is the right plant for the Italian garden? What is the best type of plant for the Italian garden style? These are two questions that I am asked frequently asked as a garden designer here in Italy. The range of plants and garden styles in Italy is as rich and as varied as the assortment of …
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Italy is, essentially a very long piece of rock and the types of soil that can be found up and down the length and breadth of this rocky peninsula vary immensely. Soils range from friable acidic sand in the Dolomite mountains in the North, almost unworkable clay loams around Bologna and in Tuscany …
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Classic Italian gardens have stunned the world for centuries with their symmetry, elegance and sense of shape, form and scale. However the contemporary Italian garden now appears to display a rather confusing disregard for their Renaissance origins. Although created from aristocratic oppression and …
